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Week 4 - July 4th through July 10th
Monday, July 4th - Independence Day - 24.72 miles
Note Rode with friend Michael Nagara. We took a pretty leisurely pace, as you can see from the stats. We stopped by the river and I had a swim.
Home to Broadway Bridge to meet Michael. Then through Argo park to Bandemere Park to Huron River Drive to Mast, and back.
Time: 2' 4" Average: 11.9 mph
Saturday, July 9th - 23.66 miles
Main to Bandemere Park to Huron River Drive to Zeeb. Joy to Webster Church to N. Territorial. Back down Webster Church, and back down Zeeb. Across Huron River Dr, still on Zeeb, to Miller back into town, and home.
Stopped at 11 miles to read and re-fuel in a field under a large tree. Am out of shape (at least for biking). Felt spent at 18 miles; ate a banana and regained my energy.
Time: 1' 43" Average: 13.7 mph
Sunday, July 10th - 27.62 miles
Main to Bandemere Park to Huron River Drive to Zeeb. Joy to Webster Church up to N. Territorial. Back on Webster Church, past Zeeb on Joy to Mast. Back on Huron River Dr; home via Newport.
Did much better today, but had 20 oz. of power drink.
Time: 1' 53" Average: 14.5 mph
Weekly total: 76 miles
Week 5 - July 11th through July 17th
Sunday, July 17th - 19.55 miles
Main to Bandemere Park to Huron River Drive; just past Zeeb; stopped at river; back the same way.
Time: 1' 30" Average: 12.9 mph
Weekly total: 19.55 miles
Week 6 - July 18th through July 24th
Sunday, July 24th - 26.03 miles
Main to Bandemere Park to Huron River Drive; up Zeeb, to Joy to Webster Church; along N. Territorial to Whitmore Lake; side trip onto Stein Rd and a subdivision; back down Whitmore Lake, and home.
In Bandemere Park, took a break to swim across the Huron River and back.
Time: 1' 58" Average: 13.2 mph
Weekly total: 26.03 miles
Week 7 - July 25th through July 31st
Saturday, July 30th - 26.89 miles (+ 2.4 - see below)
Main to Bandemere to Huron River Dr all the way to Mast; up Joy (w/ some nice hills), Webster Church; back down Webster Church and Joy to Zeeb; back onto Huron River Dr. and home.
Time: 1' 43" Average: 15.4 mph
Worked really hard on hills - tried to take extra hills, and bike out of the saddle whenever possible rather than downshifting. Got a good workout.
Also took the cyclometer off of the bike when the average mph reached 15.4, right before my ride slowed down to continue through the park and town. Will probably start doing this as a matter of course so I can better measure my true performance.
Sunday, July 31st - 18.11 miles (+4.8)
(The +4.8 is the to-and-from Bandemere park distance which I didn't include in the total for the purposes of a higher average mph).
Bandemere to Huron River Dr to Zeeb to Joy to Mast; turn onto Huron River Dr, and back.
Much more tired today - all used up from yesterday.
Time: 1' 6" Avg: 16.3 mph